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Sex sells. Advertisers have known this from the time of the advent of print media, before print media there were soda fountains and drive-up establishments that had their waitresses and carhops serve customers in roller skates and showing off some their physical assets. The bartender or barhop had to have sex appeal, it’s part of the job. Cigarettes, beer, liquor, shampoo, makeup, cars, and even guns sell better with a little sex appeal, Today we have Hooters, a “family” restaurant.

The problems with these advertisements and “family friendly” establishments, is that they promote promiscuity and degrade “family values.

Human sexuality has biological, emotional/physical and spiritual aspects. The biological aspect of sexuality refers to the reproductive mechanism as well as the basic biological drive, Libido, that exists in all species, which is hormonally controlled. The emotional or physical aspect of sexuality refers to the bond that exists between individuals, and is expressed through profound feelings or physical manifestations of emotions of love, trust, and caring. There is also a spiritual aspect of sexuality of an individual or as a connection with others. Experience has shown that adolescents are curious about some or all the aspects of their sexuality as well as the nature of sexuality in general, and that many will wish to experience their sexuality.

Traditionally, adolescents were not given any information on sexual matters, with discussion of these issues being considered taboo. Such instruction as was given was traditionally left to a child’s parents, and often this was put off until just before a child’s marriage. Most of the information on sexual matters were obtained informally from friends and the media, and much of this information was of doubtful value. Much of such information was usually known to be deficient, especially during the period following puberty when curiosity of sexual matters was the most acute. This deficiency became increasingly evident by the increasing incidence of teenage pregnancies, especially in Western countries after the 1960s. As part of each country’s efforts to reduce such pregnancies, programs of sex education were instituted, initially over strong opposition from parent and religious groups.

Burt defined sex education as the study of the characteristics of beings; a male and female.Such characteristics make up the person’s sexuality. Sexuality is an important aspect of the life of a human being and almost all the people including children want to know about it. Sex education includes all the educational measures which in any way may of life that have their center on sex. He further said that sex education stands for protection, presentation extension, improvement and development of the family based on accepted ethical ideas. Leepson sees sex education as instruction in various physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of sexual response and reproduction. Kearney also defined sex education as “involving a comprehensive course of action by the school, calculated to bring about the socially desirable attitudes, practices and personal conduct on the part of children and adults, that will best protect the individual as a human and the family as a social institution. Thus, sex education may also be described as “sexuality education”, which means that it encompasses education about all aspects of sexuality, including information about family planning, reproduction, fertilization, conception and development of the embryo and fetus, through to childbirth), plus information about all aspects of one’s sexuality including: body image, sexual orientation, sexual pleasure, values, decision making, communication, dating, relationships, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and how to avoid them, and birth control methods. Various aspect of sex education are to right in school depending on the age of the students or what the children are able to comprehend at a particular point in time. Rubin and Kindendall expressed that sex education is not merely a unit in reproduction and teaching how babies are conceived and born. It has a far richer scope and goal of helping the youngster incorporate sex most meaningfully into his present and future life, to provide him with some basic understanding on virtually every aspect of sex by the time he reaches full maturity.

Almost all U.S. students receive some form of sex education at least once between grades 7 and 12; many schools begin addressing some topics in grades 5 or 6. However, what students learn varies widely, because curriculum decisions are so decentralized. Many states have laws governing what is taught in sex education classes or allowing parents to opt out. Some state laws leave curriculum decisions to individual school districts.

Only two forms of sex education are taught in American schools: “abstinence plus” and abstinence-only. Comprehensive or “abstinence plus” sex education covers abstinence as a positive choice, but also teaches about contraception and avoidance of STIs when sexually active. A 2002 study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 58% of secondary school principals describe their sex education curriculum as “abstinence plus”.

Abstinence-only sex education tells teenagers that they should be sexually abstinent until marriage and does not provide information about contraception. In the Kaiser study, 34% of high-school principals said their school’s main message was abstinence-only.

The difference between these two approaches, and their impact on teen behavior, remains a controversial subject. In the U.S., teenage birth rates had been dropping since 1991, but a 2007 report showed a 3% increase from 2005 to 2006. From 1991 to 2005, the percentage of teens reporting that they had ever had sex or were currently sexually active showed small declines. However, the U.S. still has the highest teen birth rate and one of the highest rates of STIs among teens in the industrialized world. Public opinion polls conducted over the years have found that the vast majority of Americans favor broader sex education programs over those that teach only abstinence, although abstinence educators recently published poll data with the opposite conclusion.

On the other hand, proponents of abstinence-only sex education object to curricula that fail to teach their standard of moral behavior; they maintain that a morality based on sex only within the bounds of marriage is “healthy and constructive” and that value-free knowledge of the body may lead to immoral, unhealthy, and harmful practices. Within the last decade, the federal government has encouraged abstinence-only education by steering over a billion dollars to such programs. Some 25 states now decline the funding so that they can continue to teach comprehensive sex education. Funding for one of the federal government’s two main abstinency-only funding programs, Title V, was extended only until December 31, 2007; Congress is debating whether to continue it past that date.

The impact of the rise in abstinence-only education remains a question. To date, no published studies of abstinence-only programs have found consistent and significant program effects on delaying the onset of intercourse. In 2007, a study ordered by the U.S. Congress found that middle school students who took part in abstinence-only sex education programs were just as likely to have sex (and use contraception) in their teenage years as those who did not.Abstinence-only advocates claimed that the study was flawed because it was too narrow and began when abstinence-only curricula were in their infancy, and that other studies have demonstrated positive effects.

According to a 2007 report, Teen pregnancies in the United States showed 3% increase in the teen birth rate from 2005 to 2006, to nearly 42 births per 1,000.

According to Anna Mulrine at U.S. News & World Report, records show that professionals still do not know what method of sex education works best to keep teens from engaging in sexual activity but they are still working to find out.

This insanity is the result of the removal of God (Jehovah) and the Holy Bible from schools, They were replaced with Planned Parenthood, The National Organization of Women and many pro–homosexual and pro-abortion groups.These secular teachers and groups teach our children how to have sex, and then they assure them that if an accidental pregnancy occurs they can take care of that too, without parents ever finding out.

I don’t care what type of music your child listens too, the entertainment industry provides plenty of provocative skin scenes to reinforce the idea fornication is good for you. The lyrics are no better, often describing actual sexual acts in detail.

Reading, writing, arithmetic, English, history and current events are what are needed to be taught in our schools. Most our Founding Fathers were educated this way, some graduated Harvard at 14 tears of age. They used a King James Version of the Holy Bible for reading. I submit that every child needs to be given a copy of the Book of Proverbs with many lessons structured from the writings of this book. Our society certainly has degraded since we made all these changes against God and towards immorality and debauchery. A society without morality is doomed to ultimate failure, we have no morality in our society anymore.

Essentially, we teach our children what part of their bodies have which function, provide graphic demonstrations using bananas and condoms, have homosexuals present their agenda and then provide information where our children can dispose their mistake by murdering their own child. Of course we give them free contraceptives and tell them to have fun but be safe. This is no different than giving a rattlesnake to a child to play with and expecting good results.

If it were possible to teach just two of the Ten Commandments in our public schools I would start with, “Thou shalt not commit adultery (Exodus 20:14 KJV) and “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s” (Exodus 20:17 KJV).

Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) said, “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (Matthew 5:27-28 KJV).

.Many Christians teach that sexual intercourse is meant to take place within the context of marriage, and that sexual abstinence is the norm outside of that. But for married couples, Paul of Tarsus wrote that they should not deprive each other, except for a short time for devotion to prayer. However, some Christians are against any use of contraceptives, even within marriage.

Catholicism defines chastity as the virtue that moderates the sexual appetite. Unmarried Catholics express chastity through sexual abstinence. Sexual intercourse within marriage is considered chaste when it retains the twofold significance of union and procreation.

The Orthodox Church teaches chastity until marriage. But even then, in accordance with the teaching of the Apostle Paul, periods of abstinence are encouraged among married couples. Traditionally, Orthodox spouses abstain from physical relations on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays the eves of Great Feasts and throughout the four lenten periods (Great Lent. Nativity Fast, Apostles’ Fast and Dormition Fast).

Judaism forbids intercourse outside marriage (which is termed zenuth or promiscuity), but has no ideal of chastity. Within marriage abstinence is also required during and following a woman’s menstruation. The husband is not allowed to deprive sex from his wife, even if she is not fertile (known as mitzvat ‘onah’).

King Solomon said, “My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!” (Proverbs 5:1-13 KJV) These are truly words for the wise.

According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, “The power of procreation is a sacred part of God’s plan. It’s an expression of love and allows husband and wife to create life. God has commanded that this power and privilege of a sexual relationship only exist between a man and woman who are legally married. This commandment is called the law of chastity. It requires abstinence from sex before marriage and complete fidelity and loyalty to our spouses after marriage. God expects us to keep our thoughts clean and be modest in our dress, speech, and actions (Matthew 5:27–28). We must also avoid viewing pornography and engaging in homosexual relations.”

“We understand that the principles of the law of chastity set The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart and may sound strict to the rest of the world, yet great blessings of peace, self-respect, and self-control come from obeying this commandment.”

While I at odds with almost all of the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I find nothing wrong with this church doctrine, in fact I applaud it.

Clearly sex should be reserved for marriage, and marriage is ordained by God between one man and one woman. Marital infidelity should be avoided at all costs. Saint John wrote, “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie” (Revelation 22:14-15 KJV). So that indiscriminate moment may cost you much more than you think in retrospective..

Remember that a man or woman who will cheat on their future or current spouse with you, will do so with another person also. You’re really not that special, your just the ways to meet an end. Save yourself for your marital partner. It will be a blessing to both of you and a night neither of you will forget.

Remember not to base your relationships on feelings. I like to show an example from the Torah on how we are suposed to love. “And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her : and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death” (Genesis 24:63-67 KJV). The order here is that Isaac took Rebekah to be his wife and then he loved her. That may seem like putting the cart in front of the horse in today’s world. It is never wise to base a relationship on feelings, feelings all to often change. Isaac loved Rebekah because she was his wife, and this is the key for a successful marriage today, because our wives and husbands are our spouses we are require to love them. This is also the principal taught in most wedding vows.